Wind Power Purchases:
All wind power purchases are governed by the following terms of service:
This is an agreement for the purchase of renewable energy represented by Renewable Energy Credits. Every purchase represents all the environmental attributes associated with the generation of electricity, which will be placed on the national power grid from a certified renewable-source electric generating facility.
This is not an electricity sale. As a consumer you do not buy actual electricity directly from Renewable Choice, but rather your purchase supports renewable-source electric facilities that place electricity on the national power grid.
1. Renewable Choice Energy's Commitment.
a. Renewable Choice agrees to retire the equivalent REC from a certified renewable-source in the quantity and over the time period necessary to meet its obligations to the customer, with the following limitations.
b. Renewable Choice recognizes delivery of REC is subject to uncertainties, includingand c the availability and intermittent nature of renewable resources, the number and duration of scheduled and unscheduled maintenance operations, the reliability of the generating technologies, and other factors beyond the control of Renewable Choice. In the event that it is unable to meet its delivery obligations from a designated facility within the designated time period, Renewable Choice may reconcile its delivery obligations from another source, by the end of the first quarter of the following calendar year. If our energy costs increase more than 15% during any one-year period, we reserve the right to decrease the amount of renewable energy originally purchased by the customer by an appropriate amount to offset the increase and will notify the customer within 30 days. The customer will then have the option of whether they would like to pay an increased cost or will stay with their original pricing plan.
c. Renewable Choice agrees to obtain and maintain information necessary to substantiate its acquisition of RECs from each certified resource, including the description of the resource, the number of RECs produced, and the calendar year in which they were produced. This information will be made available to the Customer no less often than annually.
d. Renewable Choice represents it will perform due diligence for the RECs it acquires and retires to ensure that only one REC is issued for each megawatt-hour of electricity generated from an endorsed resource, each REC is sold only once, and the electricity generated in association with the REC is sold without any claim or assertion of rights by any other party with respect to any of the environmental attributes associated with the REC, except as otherwise provided by law.
2. Billing and Payment
a. Your current electric utility company will continue to charge your current electricity usage.
b. Renewable Choice Energy Inc., its successors, agents or assignees will charge a flat fee each month or one-time charge for your renewable energy purchase, depending on terms of sale as indicated during purchasing process. This fee is based on your average monthly electricity bill, the state of your purchase, and the renewable energy product of your choice.
c. Required Length of Contract: Minimum contract lengths are twelve months for all monthly wind power “plans”. Contracts continue after this twelve-month period until cancelled.
d. Price per kWh: $0.020
e. Consumer is only liable for the total one-time or monthly purchase amount of their agreement. There are no other associated fees.
3. Cancellation or Change of Service
a. You may increase, decrease or cancel your monthly renewable energy purchase from Renewable Choice Energy at any time. If cancellation is within twelve months of signing up there is a $35 early cancellation fee. Call our Customer Service Department at toll free 1-877-810-8670 or write a letter requesting to cancel your renewable energy purchase and mail it to the address below. Cancellations cannot be processed via email.
Renewable Choice Energy
Attention: Customer Service
4775 Walnut Street
Suite 230
Boulder CO 80301
4. Refund Policy
a. All one-time renewable energy purchase are non-refundable, non-transferable, and cannot be redeemed for retail value.
5. Customer Disclosure
a. Renewable Choice shall disclose all prospective renewable energy sources pursuant with the certification guidelines of Green-e Energy prior to purchase, in addition to disclosing historic source information on an annual basis.
b. Green-e Energy(R) Disclosure:
Your purchase of renewable energy certificates (RECs) is supporting electricity production in the U.S. You will continue to receive a separate electricity bill from your utility (if applicable). For every unit of renewable electricity generated, an equivalent amount of RECs is produced. The purchase of RECs helps offset conventional electricity generation in the region where the renewable electricity generator is located. The purchase also helps build a market for renewable electricity and may have other local and global environmental benefits such as reducing global climate change and regional air pollution. For more information about RECs, please visit www.green-e.org.
Read additional information about renewable energy credits (RECs) from Green-e Energy here.
b. Renewable Choice provides prospective information about 2011 wind power products here:
Carbon Offset Purchases:
All carbon offset purchases are governed by the following terms of service:
This is an agreement for the purchase of carbon reductions represented by Carbon Offsets. Every purchase represents all the environmental attributes associated with reducing carbon dioxide pollution at verified facilities in the U.S.
1. Renewable Choice Energy's Commitment.
a. Renewable Choice agrees to retire the equivalent carbon offset from a verified carbon reduction facility in the quantity and over the time period necessary to meet its obligations to the customer.
b. Renewable Choice represents it will perform due diligence for the carbon offsets it acquires and retires to ensure that the credits are issued only once from an endorsed resource for the reductions represented and that each carbon offset is sold only once.
2. Billing and Payment
a. Your current electric utility company will continue to charge your current electricity usage.
b. Renewable Choice Energy Inc., its successors, agents or assignees will charge a flat fee each month or a one-time charge for your carbon offset purchase, depending on terms of sale as indicated during purchasing process. This fee is based on the carbon offset product of your choice.
c. Required Length of Contract: Minimum contract lengths are twelve months for all monthly carbon offset “plans” (including auto and flight offsets). Contracts continue after this twelve-month period until cancelled.
d. Price per pound: Varies by product
e. Consumer is only liable for the total one-time or monthly purchase amount of their agreement. There are no other associated fees.
3. Cancellation or Change of Service for Monthly Accounts
a. You may increase, decrease or cancel your monthly carbon offset purchase from Renewable Choice Energy at any time. If cancellation is within twelve months of signing up there is a $35 early cancellation fee. Call our Customer Service Department at toll free 1-877-810-8670 or write a letter requesting to cancel your carbon offset purchase and mail it to the address below. Cancellations cannot be processed via email.
Renewable Choice Energy
Attention: Customer Service
4775 Walnut Street
Suite 230
Boulder CO 80301
4. Refund Policy
a. All one-time carbon offset purchase are non-refundable, non-transferable, and cannot be redeemed for retail value.